A Chinese lesson!

Last Sunday we got to spend another day with Bob and Linda. Because we teach on Tuesday and Thursday nights, it is more difficult to find a time to meet up with Bob and Linda. So, HE provided a time last week. We were talking to our friends at the Sunday meeting about the difficulty of finding a time to meet with Bob and Linda. Pretty much right after we were finished discussing this and trying to find a solution, Bob called Stan's phone. So Stan stepped out to answer it. When he came back in, he said Bob had asked us to come over to their house! Are you serious? I mean really, are you serious? We for real, just finished talking about that. HE is so cool! Haha! It made us all laugh and we were thankful!

After the meeting, we went over to Bob and Linda's for some dinner. They cooked Kimchi (which is not my favorite, but I choked it down anyway, ya know, you gotta.) So, while we were there, we learned the words for brother, sister and some other words. I was only able to jot down a couple of them. The way Linda explained the words was neat. She called Stan her brother. Stan has told her he feels like they are family and not just friends. Linda has said she agrees with Stan and feels like we are family too. So, Linda called Stan her brother and explained every other word from that standpoint. I tried to give you a phonetic spelling to go with it. Here's the Chinese lesson we got about family...


"Mom" and "Dad" is simple: "MaMa" and "PaPa".

There are different words for big brother and little brother. Big brother: "ge ge" It is said like "guh guh".
Little brother: "di di" It is said like "dee dee".

The same goes for big sister and little sister. Big sister: "jie jie" It is said like "jee-eh jee-eh".
Little sister: "mei mei" It is said like "may may".

So, now we call Linda our "jie jie". :) Hopefully one day we WILL be family. Please continue to think about this family. We know you have been already, because we have seen the fruits of it! Thanks for reading and I love you all!!